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Does anyone have Eclipse equipment in their rides? At the car audio place the other day, the guy was telling me how much he preferred Eclipse over Alpine, Kenwood, etc. I discounted what he was saying at the time because he's in the business of selling stuff, and there's no telling what tricks he might have up his sleeve.

But reading what has been posted in the XM vs. Sirius thread got me wondering if I should start thinking about Eclipse, or other manufacturer of head unit that is Sirius ready, rather than Alpine, my first choice for head unit which is XM ready.

I have an eclipse 8051 cd player. It sounds excellent, however, it does not like cdr's very much. In fact, i will only play sony or tdk discs. If I had to do it over, I'd go with Alpine. They don't sound that different with good install, and alpine will play everything